Day 3 of the PokerBaazi Premier League Season VI was a record breaking day for the website with the headlining 30L GTD PPL HighRoller event reaching a final prize pool of 5,050,000! The event drew some of India’s biggest poker stars and the PPL HighRoller Champion was eventually crowned after an astonishing 10 hours of play.

Pradeep ‘lioroar’ Sharma from Hyderabad beat a field of seasoned-pros with some swashbuckling play to take home the title. For his efforts, Pradeep won prize money of 1,022,625.

At the final table, Pradeep overcame some well-known regs on his way to becoming champion. Finally, he defeated Shashwat ‘shash26’ Agarwal of Kolkata in a heads up battle. Shashwat won 770,125 for his second place finish. Rounding up the top 3 was Lakshya ‘BadBeatFish’ Khurana, earning 580,780 for his performance. Others to make it to the final few were Keshav ‘Jungleman’ Chadha, Rugal ‘Smikijoejr’ Advani, Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Brewer, and Akshay ‘Sherlock52’ Nasa.

Finalists at the PPLHighRoller

The event, which started at 10:00 pm, saw a total of 202 entries of which 161 were unique. Consequently, 26 places were paid out and in terms of the Guarantee, this event was the biggest ever on PokerBaazi and among the largest ever on for an online tournament in India.

The LMS competition for the tournament organized by PokerBaazi was eventually split between Manoj ‘killbill’ Pentakota and Keshav Chadha. They each won a cool 85,000 in addition to their tournament winnings.

PPL Day 4 Tournaments

The PPL action continues on Day 4 with almost 10 Lakhs GTD up for grabs today across 6 tournaments. The penultimate day of PPL Season VI promises more record-breaking poker action and intense competition. Also, the 50 Lakhs GTD Main Event with 10 Lakhs GTD to the winner is scheduled at 10:00 pm tomorrow on the final day. Don’t miss it! To view the complete list of the remaining tournaments, click here.